STORE CUPBOARD NOW STOCKING COFFEE SUPPLIED AND ROASTED BY LOCAL BUSINESS (It’s the food market!)

While we don't agree with wall to wall Christmas tunes on the radio just yet, we do agree it's time to think about getting your special food orders in, plus contemplating pressies.  We have a selection of gift options this week, including Anoushka's shawls, Palace Maker's art & crafts, a new stall with organic cosmetics, …

PEOPLE’S AUDIT LAMBETH’S RESPONSE TO THAT INTERVIEW (and we don’t mean Prince Andrew’s!) / JON BARTLEY REPLIES TO CLLR TIM BRIGGS ARTICLE

People's Audit Lambeth have issued the following response to comments by Lambeth council leader Cllr Jack Hopkins after News From Crystal Palace's written question-and-answer interview with him: We note with interest Cllr Jack Hopkins’ comments about the People’s Audit in the article in News from Crystal Palace dated 22nd November 2019 (https://newsfromcrystalpalace.wordpress.com/2019/11/22/news-from-crystal-palace- interviews-lambeth-council-leader-jack-hopkins-exclusive/ ). Cllr …

ELECTION NOTES: Defend Council Housing; Why there’s no Lib Dem candidate in Dulwich and West Norwood; Taxpayers Alliance analyses party manifestos…

FROM DEFEND  COUNCIL  HOUSING: To give housing some of the importance that it should have in the election, DCH are running a stall in Brixton from 12.30pm to at least 3.30pm, this Saturday, November 30. It will be held in Windrush Square, right in front of the Town Hall. We are doing this in conjunction …

RECREATION GROUND GETS NEW TREES – AND HOW TO APPLY FOR PRESERVATION ORDERS ON MATURE ONES

A total of 30 new trees have been planted in Upper Norwood recreation ground which stands between Chevening Road and Eversleigh Road in a joint enterprise between Croydon council and the London Wildlife Trust. The trees are a mixture of sessile oak, English oak, hornbeam, wild service tree and a disease-resistant elm. Croydon council have …

E-FIT OF INDECENT EXPOSURE SUSPECT – Victims were schoolgirls (Plus: Idiots on video)

  [E-fit of the man police seek to identify - can you help?] Detectives investigating two incidents of indecent exposure in Lambeth have released an e-fit of the suspect. The first incident occurred on Wednesday, 19 June at Cedar Tree Grove, SE27. The second incident occurred on Monday, 23 September at Knights Hill, SE27. The …

DEMOLITION WATCH LONDON – For information…

DemolitionWatchLdn @DemolitionsLdn No Demolition Without Permission! The Mayor must make it mandatory that councils use BALLOTS to let all estate residents decide on the future of their homes demolitionwatchlondon.com

BUSINESSES FACE £150 FIXED PENALTY NOTICES FOR LEAVING RUBBISH OUT AT WRONG TIMES

Croydon shopkeepers are being reminded they face fines if they illegally dump their trade rubbish after a council-led operation found several businesses flouting the law. A Croydon council statement said: "Over the past three years Croydon council have introduced time restrictions on when businesses in fly-tipping hotspot areas can legally leave their trade waste on …

GREENWICH LEISURE IN £40MILLION LIBRARIES DEAL

Strikers and supporters (including two Bromley Labour councillors) outside Bromley central library Greenwich Leisure's deal with Conservative-controlled Bromley council to run the borough libraries has a contract value of £40,739,536 over a ten-year period - with an option for the company to run the service for a further five years. The figures come in one …

LIBRARIES STRIKE ENTERS SIXTH MONTH – APPEAL LAUNCHED ON JUSTGIVING TO HELP STAFF RAISES MORE THAN £3,400

Striking staff and supporters outside Bromley Central library. An appeal to raise £5,000 to support Bromley libraries staff who have been on strike since JUNE has been launched on the JustGiving website raising £3,469 so far. The 50 library staff, who are employed by GLL, voted by 98 per cent to strike on pay and …

LABOUR COUNCILLORS OPPOSED GREENWICH LEISURE DEAL – STRIKE CONTINUES DESPITE TALKS

Labour councillors opposed the original boroughwide libraries deal Greenwich Leisure did with Bromley council. Labour group leader Cllr Angela Wilkins told News From Crystal Palace: "From the outset, Labour councillors opposed this service being taken out of the council. "Of all services, we just couldn’t see how (assuming all libraries stay open) the service could …